5 January

The next 5-10 years are going to be brutal for Australia’s energy. We invested our own money here at home to offset some of the risks of that, by installing solar and a battery. That will not only save us money and pay for itself easily, but also means we should have uninterrupted supply even if the updates to the grid described here can’t be completed in time (which is quite likely). Those who still cheer on coal-fired electricity need to understand really fast that it’s closing down fast, and we have no say in it. We don’t own nearly all of it. And the offshore companies that do are not charities, and will close them as soon as they’re losing money. That process is already well underway, and accelerating.